RedHat: RHSA-2023-4524:01 Moderate: libcap security update
Summary
Libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6)
draft 15 capabilities.
Security Fix(es):
* libcap: Integer Overflow in _libcap_strdup() (CVE-2023-2603)
* libcap: Memory Leak on pthread_create() Error (CVE-2023-2602)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2602 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2603 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source:
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.src.rpm
aarch64:
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.s390x.rpm
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.s390x.rpm
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.s390x.rpm
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
An update for libcap is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
2209113 - CVE-2023-2603 libcap: Integer Overflow in _libcap_strdup()
2209114 - CVE-2023-2602 libcap: Memory Leak on pthread_create() Error